Today being Sunday we went to a small Uniting Church. The people were friendly and welcoming, a great service. The visitors even got a jelly bean.
Noel fixed the cutlery drawer.
It's very hot, 38 today and any breezes are warm. After lunch all four of us retired to our van in the air conditioning to read and doze.
Wandered to the Lake to take a photo so I can practice sending them as part of this diary.
Has cooled some tonight, so should be able to sleep. Another driving day tomorrow.
Love Dawn

Well we have officially started on our trip. Left home 8.30am and arrived in Goondiwindi 3.00pm.
Some of the roads were quite rough, making draws jump around a bit , especially the cutlery drawer which we had forgotten to lock. Some repairs are needed there.
David and Ann took a scenic route and arrived around 4pm.
Lovely to sit and chat as the evening cooled down. We are all quite weary so it will be an early night.
The temperature was around 36, so a hot day, wonder if we will really use the winter clothes we brought.
We had intended...

13/6/2017. Wee waa to Goondiwindi
It's 4.45pm, 22 degrees, and I'm sitting outside the van typing. This is only the second time since we left Anne and Ian on the 7th May that we have been able to sit out, and we are so enjoying it. We're at a free camp at Goondiwindi at Redmond Park, which the Council are trying out for 6 months, it having been operating for 2 months now. Last night there were 12 vans/motor homes here and tonight there are 9, but it's still early. We arrived at 3.30 and got the last legal spot - yesterday they were all...

21/9/2016. Collarenebri NSW to Goondiwindi QLD
Back on home soil....
It was a good free camp last night with flush toilets and showers, with very little road noise, and we'd recommend it. It rained on and off but not as heavy as we've had it over the last week. By the time we left the rain had stopped, but the clouds were still there, threatening more rain. We went back into the town first as I'd requested, but as usual - Ian was right! Very small town, and I didn't miss anything. But at least I know that for myself, rather than being told....

Up the Centre
8.6.16
We travelled to Goondiwindi today via Warwick. 297km
Stopped at Warwick to visit with Clarry and Judith. Great to see them and enjoyed 1 1/2 hours chatting with them.
On to Goondiwindi, one Truckie very appreciative when Noel pulled off for him to pass, told Noel he was a good driver and to teach all his caravan mates the same.
Very dry all the way today.
Arrived at Goondiwindi 2.30pm. Staying at Showgrounds, amenities very good.
Sunny day, much warmer no jacket on this afternoon
Love Dawn

Monday 27 July 2015
Up early, with lots to do before setting off on our trek to Perth.
Left home at 10.15am, later than we had wanted, but all loaded up for our adventure. With Goondiwindi in our sights, we had a pleasant drive, stopping in Warwick for lunch and again at Inglewood for a stretch. Having left home on a very warm morning, it was a bit of a shock to step out of the car in Warwick, a colder break in Inglewood, and worse still in Goondiwindi when we arrived around 3.30pm. The wind chill factor doesn't help.
Tomorrow morning is...

Chris's new toy 1940 ford truck with a tipper what a ripper everything still works on it Chris started the engine first go and then it just purrs along. Tricia reckons they are like the clampets now. Chris is going to do it up and then sell it but will use it first on the property. Ellie May & Jeffthro. Even had surf boards in those days!!!!!!
We leave Chris & TRICIA'S PLACE AROUND 10AM TO HEAD TO GOONDIWINDI. Chris & Tricia are going out with the mustang club to Toowoomba.

Early start from Bundy - final destination Goondiwindi. Trouble free trip on a very hot day (40 deg). Childers, Biggenden, Goomeri, Murgon, Wondai, Kingaroy with a stop for lunch at a small town called Kumbia. Another stop at Dalby (what a large, bustling town) before a trip through to Goondiwindi with another stop at Moonie on the way.

Today we continued down the Leichhardt Hwy to Goondiwindi. How they can call this road a highway is beyond me. It was more like a goat track. Often we were reduced to 60 - 70 km/hr because of the roughness of the surface. We once again went to the Big 4 Park which has the artesian springs and enjoyed a soak in these.
The pool was also very pleasant and those of you who know my swimming preferences will know what it was like when I say that I walked straight into the ordinary pool both before and after the hot spa!
We are not bothering to...

Day1 - Sunday 23-2-2014. (Ron)
On duty at church this morning. Jan was on welcoming and then crèche and Ron on singing team. So we didn't get home till 10:45 and then did the last minute packing for a 12:00 departure. The goal was to get to Goondiwindi for overnight, so we had a lunch stop at Fassifern Rest Area. After lunch I lifted the bonnet to connect the second battery up for charging and noticed a bolt meant to secure the air filter was just bouncing around in it's hole unsecured. Methinks the mechanic slipped up the week before. Out...

Hi All,
Bourke was an interesting town, dying like most country towns but interesting, they rely solely on rains in Queensland to give life to the Darling River to allow for irrigation their most rewarding crop being cotton. We were fearful that the town would have a high number of indigenous people but that fear was unfounded, not too many and those there looked and behaved much better than what we see further out west. We did heaps there, went on a paddle boat on the river, did 3 short local tours, explored the Back O’Bourke Centre, did a...

Episode 3 of 9 – Yeppoon to Port Augusta
Miles to Goondiwindi
Goondiwindi is 4225kms from Dunsborough.
Goondiwindi – pronounced Gundiwindi. This is the final frontier town before the New South Wales border, which we should cross over into the day after tomorrow. We were last in the town in late January, when we stayed overnight on our way to Melbourne trying to avoid all the floods. I’m not going to bore you with road conditions as I’ve come to the conclusion that ALL Queensland roads are absolutely crap. The drive was very flat and pretty...